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Provocative title. Still, I'm not convinced CBT works very well at all for just about anyone. Obviously all anecdote, but literally anyone I know that has had
by RugnirViking 3y ago
Provocative title.
Still, I'm not convinced CBT works very well at all for just about anyone. Obviously all anecdote, but literally anyone I know that has had cause to interact with therapists has seemingly independantly come to the conclusion that they need to immediately stop any psychologist trying to explain CBT to them and ask if they know any other techniques, and if the answer isn't an alternative, to just find a new therapist. It's laughably bad.
- derbOac 3y agoYou're not wrong. The preponderance of evidence suggests CBT isn't more effective on average than other methods and they're all overestimated due to publication bias: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/effects-of-psychotherapy-for-adult-depression-are-overestimated-a-metaanalysis-of-study-quality-and-effect-size/6541520535092D2C3FF0CC3DE45F189E https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medici... To be fair, there's also evidence of publication bias with medication, and there's good evidence psychotherapy works in general. But your hunch isn't too far off; there's stronger evidence for common factors in psychotherapy mediating effects. The idea of CBT being the gold standard as stated in the article says more about how the field and public discusses the research than the method itself.